GIGABYTE provides Last Chance to Bench on Z97 before the Next Generation Invasion
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY hosts competition for the overclocking community with the GIGABYTE Z97-Last Hurrah Challenge, to be hosted this July and August on HWBOT.org. This new challenge gives the community a last chance to test their skills on the GIGABYTE Z97 platform before the next series of motherboards comes around. By participating, overclockers have the chance to win $2,000 USD in cash prizes and two mystery motherboards, which will be revealed soon!
Starting July 10th 2015, overclockers will have a chance to win some great prizes by choosing their preferred cooling method and submit their best score within 4 stages. Participants have two ways to win, either by collecting most points to win a stage for the 250$ cash prize, or collect the most points across all 4 stages to win the category grand prize.
The category and stages include:
Category 1: Air/Water Cooling (Ambient)
Stage 1: XTU –July 10 until July 25
CPU frequency is to be set at 4GHz max
Stage 2: GeekBench-3 Multi Core–July 10th until August 10th
CPU frequency is to be set at 4GHz max
Stage 3: XTU – July 10th until August 20th
CPU frequency is to be set at 4.5GHz max
Stage 4: GPUPI for CPU -1B – July 10th until August 30th
CPU frequency is to be set at 4GHz max
Category 2: Extreme Cooling
Stage 1: GeekBench-3 Multi Core – July 10th until July 25th
Stage 2: XTU – July 10th until August 10th
Stage 3: GeekBench-3 Single Core – July 10th until August 20th
Stage 4: GPUPI for CPU – 1B – July 10th until August 30th
The competition is limited to GIGABYTE Z97 motherboards only. Submissions will open on the first day of the stage at 00:01 (UTC +8) and close on the last day at 23:59 (UTC+8). Every submission must include the competition background and a picture of the rig. A participant is eligible to win only once. Intel Core i7-5775C, i5-5675C, i7-5775R, i5-5675R and i5-5575R CPUs are not allowed. In case of a tie, the tie-breaker is best score in Stage 4. If there’s still a tie, the best score in Stage 3, etc.
Each stage 1st place will receive a $250 USD cash prize. Category 1st place for both the Air/Water Cooling category and Extreme Cooling category will win a mystery motherboard.
